Brassiere



Nov, 11, 1924. 1,515,223

N: R. SANCETTA BRAssIERE Filed March 20. 19%

Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

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NELLA ROMANO SANCETTA, OI BROOKLYN, OHIO.

.TBRASSIERE.

Application filled March 20, 1923. Serial No. 626,283.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELLA ROMANO SAN- GETTA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Cuyalioga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brassieres, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in brassieres, the invention relating more particularly to the front or bust supporting sections thereof.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improved brassiere of the class or type indicated which will be exceedingly "simple in construction, cheap of manufacture and eflicient in use.

A further and Very important object is the provision ofimproved elastic bust supporting sections each made upof elastic webbing members of uniform width throughout and diverging from each other toward the median front forming diverging openings, together with suitable pockets of pervious or shirred material connected to said elastic web members and covering said intervening spaces or diverging openings, the construction and arrangement of such parts facilitating the formation of the elastic bust sections of any desired form or contour.

A further and very important object is .the formation of elastic bust supporting sections through the medium of inwardly diverging elastic webbing strips of uniform width throughout so that such elastic strips may be cut from elastic webbing of commercial or staple stock, said strips being arranged to provide the desired contour with suitable openings therebetween to be covered by suitable bust receiving poc ts preferably formed of pervious shirred ma-' terial. I I

There are other'features of the invention residing in elemental combinations and particular construction of parts, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the'accompany- 1 ing drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a p rt f his specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a brassiere constructed 1n accordance with this 1nvent1on.

Fig. 2, a fragmentary perspective view of the inner or connecting edge portion of one of the bust sections, and illustrating in particular the pair of spaced elastic webbing strips and pocket forming material secured to the latter and adapted to cover the spaces therebetween.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The lmproved brassiere preferably comprises non-elastic pervious back and side sections 1 and 2, respectively,'the side sections 2 being preferably connected at their front by the improved bust supporting sections to be now described.

The bust supporting sections are preferably divided vertically along the median front, and inwhich instance, each bust section is made up of spaced inwardly diverging elastic webbing strips 3, of uniform width throughout forming diverging openings or spaces 3, therebetween. The elastic. webs 3 are provided on their front or exterior portions with bust receiving pockets 3*, formed of some suitable and convenient pervious light weight material and preferably shirred as shown. The pocket material 3 is preferably cut to form laterally curved or web shaped sections providing curved or convex shaped upper and lower edges 3, receiving a lineof stitches which it will be observed are thus substantially spaced from the edges 3 of the spaces between the web strips 3.

The inner or adjacent edges-of the bust sections formed by the web strips 3 and the pockets 3 are provided with reinforced binding strips 3 provided with suitable flexible reinforcing members 3 see Fig.

2) and provided with a series of ooks 3,

and eyes 3 -,-and by which the bust sections may be detachably connected together. The outer ends of the elastic webs 3 may be connected' to each other and to the front edges ing reinforcing members 31, said strips 3*,

in. the present instance, being; extended forming shoulder straps 3*, extending forwardly and connected to the upper. bust section forming webs 3. lin the present instance the forward portions of the straps 3 are provided with extension loops 3, secured by a line of stitching 3 and which may, ifdesired, be let out for lengthening the shoulder straps.

As a means of adjusting and holding the bust sections in proper relative position with respect to the corset, a pendant strap 4, maybe provided at its lower end with vit may be made, or all the modes of its use,

what ll claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,' I

1. A brassiere, comprising non-elastic pervious back and side sections, bust supporting sections made up of spaced inwardly diverging elastic webbing strips of uniform width, and shirred pervious material,

secured to said webbing strips and extending over said spaces forming pervious bust receiving pockets.

2. In a brassire, a bust supporting section'made up of vertically spacedhorizontally extending elastic web strips torming intervening bust receiving spaces, pervious shirred material on said elastic web strips extending over said spaces forming pockets, and vertically extending binding strips extending over the edges of said elastic web strips'and pocket forming material.

3. A brassire, comprising back and side sections, elastic webbing strips forming bust supporting sections and diverging toward the median front forming diverging openings, shirred pockets on said webbing strips covering said diverging openings, Vertical binding strips 'a-t thGSldB and central portions of said elastic strips, shoulder straps for supporting said bust and back sections, and a pendant strap for securing said bust sections to a corset.

In testimony whereof l have afixed my signature.

NELLA RUMANQ SAJN GETTA. 

